Internal Reference Number: FOI_9671
Date Request Received: 01/10/2026 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 14/10/2026 00:00:00
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Request Summary: misdiagnosis statistics
Request Category: Media
| Question Number 1: Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request information regarding patient safety incidents and formal complaints within your Trust Please provide the following data for the last three financial years (2023/24, 2024/25, and 2025/26 to date), broken down by each individual financial year: How many patient safety incidents were recorded by your Trust where the primary incident category or sub-category relates to a "delayed diagnosis", "missed diagnosis", or "misdiagnosis" of cancer, sepsis, or acute myocardial infarction (heart attack)? | |
| Answer To Question 1: 2023/2024 - 22 2024/2025 - 21 2025/2026 - 26 | |
| Question Number 2: Of the incidents identified, how many were diagnosed with the following instead: 鈥� Anxiety 鈥� Stress 鈥� Depression 鈥� Panic attacks 鈥� menopause | |
| Answer To Question 2: Unable to answer this question as the information is not held in a format that is easily reportable. | |
| Question Number 3: Of the incidents identified in Question 2, please provide a breakdown by the recorded 'Degree of Harm' or 'Level of Harm' (e.g no harm, low, moderate, severe, death) | |
| Answer To Question 3: The Trust were unable to provide an answer for question 2 therefore we are unable to provide an answer for this question as it relates to question 2. | |
| Question Number 4: How many claims were made against your Trust regarding the delayed diagnosis, missed diagnosis, or misdiagnosis of cancer, sepsis, or acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), and what was the total amount of compensation paid out per year? | |
| Answer To Question 4: Please can you approach NHS Resolution https://resolution.nhs.uk/ for the information | |
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